English Premier League

FT Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Wolverhampton Wanderers LWWLD 0
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Liverpool LWWLD 2
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Match Report

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Liverpool creep back toward top-four with win over Wolves

Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah scored second-half goals as Liverpool battled to a 2-0 Premier League home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
1
43.2
Possession
56.8
4
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
322
Accurate Passes
439
402
Passes
528
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
52
Long Balls
44
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
12
18
Effective Clearances
5
18
Clearances
5

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 21Kostas TsimikasLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 43Stefan BajceticLM
  8. 19Harvey ElliottRM
  9. 20Diogo JotaF
  10. 27Darwin NúñezLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

WOL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 23Max KilmanCD-L
  3. 15Craig DawsonCD-R
  4. 64Hugo BuenoLB
  5. 22Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 28João MoutinhoAM
  7. 5Mario LeminaLM
  8. 8Rúben NevesRM
  9. 9Raúl JiménezF
  10. 27Matheus NunesAM-L
  11. 21Pablo SarabiaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Stefan Bajcetic (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Hugo Bueno because of an injury.
  3. 36' Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+4' Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  6. 53' Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces João Moutinho.
  8. 64' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Gomes replaces Matheus Nunes.
  9. 66' Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 73' Goal! Liverpool 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota following a set piece situation.
  11. 76' Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Diogo Jota.
  12. 77' Goal! Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas.
  13. 79' Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Stefan Bajcetic.
  14. 79' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Diego Costa replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  15. 89' Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Darwin Núñez.
  16. 89' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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